Glen Farley has covered the Patriots for The Enterprise since the Raymond Berry regime.

Texans' head coach on Patriots' Vince Wilfork

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Glen Farley has covered sports for The Enterprise since 1978. His time on the Patriots beat dates back to the final year of the Raymond Berry regime, 1989. You could say his roots lie in Foxboro. He once won an award for a piece he wrote on the sod
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Glen Farley has covered sports for The Enterprise since 1978. His time on the Patriots beat dates back to the final year of the Raymond Berry regime, 1989. You could say his roots lie in Foxboro. He once won an award for a piece he wrote on the sod at Gillette Stadium.

Here's an excerpt from the New England media's conference call with Houston head coach Gary Kubiak on Thursday, a portion where he spoke about Patriots defensive lineman Vince Wilfork:

Q: What do you see from Vince Wilfork on tape and what has allowed him to be consistently productive in this league?

GK: The thing is, you’ve been seeing it for years. He’s very consistent in his play. Bill [Belichick] plays him all over the place so it’s not like you’re going to know where he’s going to be. He’s a little bit of everywhere, whether it’s the nose, the three or whatever he’s playing. He’s a dominant force in there and has been his whole career. I’ll tell you the thing as a coach just watching film that I really love and respect about his game, he loves to play. He brings a lot of energy to his team. You can tell he’s a leader; when they need big plays he’s the one leading the way. I just have the utmost respect for him and it’s a big, big challenge for us upfront.

Q: You are surrounded by a lot of athletic defensive linemen on your team. Is Vince Wilfork deceptively athletic for such a big man?

GK: I think he’s extremely athletic for such a big man. You watch some of the things he does – heck, I just left a special teams meeting and watched him rush a punter. There’s no telling how he’s going to be involved in the game but he’s a huge factor week in and week out. Like I said, he plays all over the place so all of our guys will probably go against him upfront somehow, someway because of the many places that he plays. He’s going to make plays and hopefully at the end of the day, they’re not big, big plays and like I said, he’s found a way to cause some big turnovers too along the way. He’s a huge factor every week for them. He’s obviously a leader for them and what they do.